Fresh Spring Rolls With Dipping Sauce Food

VIETNAMESE SPRING ROLLS WITH DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• Whisk vinegar, fish sauce, sugar, lime juice, garlic, and red pepper flakes together in a small bowl. Set the dipping sauce aside.
• Fill a large bowl with room temperature water. Add rice vermicelli and soak for 1 hour.
• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Drop in shrimp and cook until curled and pink, about 1 minute. Remove the shrimp and drain. Slice each shrimp in half lengthwise. Transfer rice vermicelli noodles to the pot of boiling water and cook for 1 minute. Remove and drain in a colander. Immediately rinse the vermicelli with cold water, stirring to separate the noodles.
• To assemble the rolls, dip 1 rice wrapper in a large bowl of room temperature water for a few seconds to soften. Place wrapper on a work surface and top with 4 shrimp halves, 1/4 of the chopped lettuce, 1/2 ounce vermicelli, and 1/4 each of the mint, cilantro, and Thai basil. Fold right and left edges of the wrapper over the ends of the filling and roll up the spring roll. Repeat with remaining wrappers and ingredients. Cut each roll in half and serve with dipping sauce.

FRESH VEGETABLE SPRING ROLLS WITH TWO DIPPING SAUCES

Steps:

• Combine all vegetables in a bowl and season with salt and pepper to taste. Lay the spring roll wrappers on a flat surface, pointed edge toward you. Put a 1/8 of the filling in the bottom third of the wrapper, bring the pointed edge over the filling, fold in the sides tightly. Dab the top pointed edge with water and roll tightly. Serve with sauces.
• Combine all ingredients in a small bowl.
• Combine all ingredients in a bowl and whisk until smooth, add cilantro just before serving.

DIPPING SAUCE FOR SPRING ROLLS

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl and transfer to a serving dish. Combine and serve with prepared frozen spring rolls.

FRESH SPRING ROLLS WITH THAI DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• In a bowl of cool water, soak a wrapper until limp. Lay wrapper out flat. Place 1/6 of each ingredient down middle of wrapper, starting with lettuce. Fold over each end and tightly roll the wrapper around the contents, as if making a burrito. Moisten at seam; press to close.
• Lay on plate, cover with moist paper towel and refrigerate until ready to serve. Then slice in two and serve with Quick Thai Dipping Sauce, below, or peanut sauce.
• To make the Quick Thai Dipping Sauce, combine all ingredients in a small bowl.

FRESH SPRING ROLLS WITH DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• To prepare sauce, combine first 7 ingredients, stirring with a whisk until sugar dissolves; set aside.
• To prepare spring rolls, add hot water to a large, shallow dish to a depth of 1 inch. Place 1 rice paper sheet in dish; let stand 30 seconds or just until soft. Place rice paper sheet on a flat surface.
• Arrange 1 lettuce piece in center of sheet. Top with 1/4 cup sprouts, 3 carrot strips, 3 cucumber strips, 3 bell pepper strips, 4 shrimp halves, and 3 mint leaves.
• Fold sides of sheet over filling; roll up jelly-roll fashion. Gently press seam to seal. Place spring roll, seam side down, on a serving platter (cover to prevent drying).
• Repeat procedure with remaining rice paper, lettuce, sprouts, carrot, cucumber, bell pepper, shrimp, and mint. Serve with dipping sauce.

FRESH SPRING ROLLS WITH PEANUT SAUCE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk together all of the dipping sauce ingredients until smooth and set aside.
• In a large bowl, gently toss all of the filling ingredients. Dampen a large clean dish cloth and lay it flat on a work surface.
• Fill a large bowl with hot water. Holding a rice paper disk by the edge, gently lower one side of it into the hot water--it will soften as it absorbs water. Slowly turn the disc in the water until it has completely softened, taking care not to force it or it may tear or crack. Place the disc on the damp towel and flatten it out. Soften several more discs and lay them side by side on the towel; don't overlap them or they'll stick together.
• Mound 1/4 cup of the filling just below the center of each disc (above the 6 o'clock position on a clock face). Fold the two side edges of the wrapper over the filling to form a rectangular shape with curved ends. Tightly roll up from the bottom to make a neat little 3-inch package. Place, seam side down, on a platter. Repeat until all of the filling is used. Cover with plastic wrap and chill for no more than 5 hours before serving or the rice paper becomes gummy.
• To make ties for the rolls, bring a small pot of water to a boil. If you are using scallions, slice off the white part, and cut the green parts in half lengthwise. In batches, blanch for 10 seconds enough chives, or scallion greens, to tie all of your rolls. Immediately transfer them to a bowl of ice water for 10 seconds, remove, and drain well. Tie each summer roll around the middle with a chive or scallion ribbon and, if it's too long, snip off the ends.